Lot 139: Victor Noble Rainbird (1888-1936) In Old Boulogne Watercolour

A watercolour painting on paper with pencil and ink outlines depicting a bustling street scene in a Continental town. The composition is dominated by a large stone archway spanning a market street, with figures in traditional dress populated throughout the foreground and shops with striped awnings to the right. The work is signed in the lower left Victor Noble Rainbird and titled in the lower right In Old Boulogne. The painting is presented in a dark-stained wooden frame with a gilded and beaded inner slip. The wooden backing board bears an adhesive cream paper trade label for R. T. Lambert, Fine Art Dealer, and Picture Framer, 170, Linskill Street, North Shields, stating established 1882 and Always a Fine Selection of Framed Works in Stock.